{"id":559384,"date":"2026-04-30T21:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559384\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:11:10","slug":"banksy-confirms-he-is-behind-new-central-london-statue-after-furious-debate-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559384\/","title":{"rendered":"Banksy confirms he is behind new central London statue after furious debate &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxORkQ5UEJsdXB6NUIyeGRkNmJPU2Y5bnNTUVJYQnVNbkstX2tqRkMzNVBLYUZfbnhhYzdDZ05RamItMUZscmNpb2hQZzVhRGFQcjFLdUROTTlqdXVEZ1JvbmI0T08wTzBXS1Fud2x0ckY2ZEdReHQ3eXJlWUw5ZS1XajV2T0ZSaV9uZlhqRDlseW5sVzEtc1ZnMlFzZEo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Banksy confirms he is behind new central London statue after furious debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBBeV9FV1FZUmZweWUydDh4Unlvd1FxcFZSeEw2RzE4SHpwUlJOdDhhaWEyVjhON2x2VEdmcC04aTBlYkRoZHRtc3dhdFphZFF5ZHYyM3MyeTJSQWdH?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Banksy confirms he&#8217;s behind statue in central London<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOajhHU0R5dlNYZG5acUVBbW8xbU9nOEIySktTazVDRERDTmVEdDNNcGtUUkgyM1huY041Ym1wLTZiYWpib0VidU5sVnhFZHNycUU3cUlsN0ZodFZMQWRfdU55QXRoNGZtbGk2LVVLcG00UGM4d0JqXzh1V181S0gtdEotN2h3WDhPdjJ6a2NKUEpYM2tTSFA3TERfV2JWejA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Banksy statue appears in central London<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;theartnewspaper.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQd0tIcTY2Sml0VjhiZzJhVmZSM29ETzlYVG0xbHNGWUNaUVFQLTdKU25pemxSN3puMHlCLWhnX2dTQUpTZXhUMktaZmlsRjRIRVY5SUk3WWJTWkpTZ3lja2ZDNmxSN2tUcHRxUlp4dVdDYWpxV3hIYUxxNkh2ZERVaXRiT3hXTUpoUVRlTVgzSXZhTzdHNGZWdm5CSE5sNDdJRDg4Z1FhbWQ0RHR3VlJLMXVqVkxMaTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Banksy confirms statue of man blinded by flag in London is his work<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQWG1qV3lkdG45a2ZTU0IyTWcxQnRUdXBkU04yS0FzT19VSGRhbEpnOS1wT3A0UDVWb2hxVkJLY2QwMS11a09NVnNOcktob0tmSy1DZnpyaDhmSlo5aDhqWHhTckpJYmFMUFYxRm10MzlGVWdVOFgyT2otSHJ4VGYzZnZqYlMxVkpyVXVObUlob3FCYkxOdzFTQnZqNU13VnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Banksy Confirms Audacious Artwork In Waterloo Place, Westminster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Londonist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Banksy confirms he is behind new central London statue after furious debate&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardBanksy confirms he&#8217;s behind statue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7170,96,59,10552,59012,56,54,55,2915],"class_list":["post-559384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-banksy","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-sculpture","tag-street-art","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-westminster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}